defective records

h i s t o r y

Defective Records was formed in early 1994 by Dan Nigrin
and Bump Stadelman in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Long time dance music DJ's,
they created the label with the sole purpose of releasing their own musical creations
as Glitch; however, it soon became apparent to them
that Baltimore needed its own electronic music label, to release the growing quantity
of excellent material being created there.

Before long, the label had outgrown its humble beginnings, and had
signed on talented artists from the rest of the USA, and now, from the
rest of the world. Defective stimulated others in Baltimore to
follow in their footsteps, and the city now boasts several top notch
electronic music labels, in addition to its
burgeoning club, press, and retail music scene.
Baltimore itself could no longer contain Defective after a while, and so
the label now maintains offices both in Baltimore and in New England.

From the start, Defective hasn't supported one genre of
electronic music. We're not trance, not acid, not hardcore, not
trip-hop, not intelligent dance music, not ambient, not industrial, not
jungle.
We're all of those, and more. We release music that we think is
different, exciting, and that we would buy if we were in
the record store.